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Search our extensive curated collection of more than ten thousand poems by occasion (Autumn to Easter, Veterans Day to Valentine’s Day, etc.), theme (love, nature, sports, etc.), and form (sonnets, haiku, etc.), or search by keyword or poet’s name in the field below.

Title Author Year
The Star-Spangled Banner Francis Scott Key 1814
I, Too Langston Hughes 1994
Paul Revere’s Ride Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1861
Lift Every Voice and Sing James Weldon Johnson 1917
[the fourth of July – is Surely come] David Drake 1859
Lincoln John Gould Fletcher 1917
New American Huascar Medina 2020
There are no kings in America Aileen Cassinetto 2020
To The Memory Of The Brave Americans Philip Freneau 1783
The American Soldier Philip Freneau 1790
Eliza Harris Frances Ellen Watkins Harper 1857
A New National Anthem Ada Limón 2018
Accidental Pastoral Maggie Smith 2017
Old South Meeting House January Gill O’Neil 2016
United Naomi Shihab Nye 2016
Ghazal: America the Beautiful Alicia Ostriker 2016
Dear America Rachel Eliza Griffiths 2016
America, I Sing Back Allison Adelle Hedge Coke 2016
The Continental Army Marilyn Nelson 2016
Independence Day (audio only) Gerald Stern 2011

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